Foundryman&#39;s boot or shoe



Sept. 2a, 1926. 1,601,278

' A. A. WILLIAMS FOUNDRYMANS BOOT OR SHOE I Filed April 21, 1923 77,0671 '0 I apfi?" a W Patented Sept. 28, 1926.

satires ARTHUR A. WILLIAMS, (3F HOLLISTON, MIASSACHUSETTS.

FQUNDRYIJTANS 3901 OR SHOE.

Application filed April 21, 1923.

My invention relates to boots and shoes and particularly to boots and shoes especially intended for use in foundries where molten metal is frequently spilled from the ladies and often on to the foot wear of the men handling the ladles.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved foundry mans boot or shoe, and it consists of a boot or shoe of the character described having the novel and advantageous features of construction and a rangement of parts set forth in the following description and particularly pointed out and defined in the claims at the close thereof.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure '1 is a side elevation of a foundry mans shoe constructed in accordance with my invention. 7

Figure 2 is a sectional detail on line 2 2, or of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view of closure shown in Fig. 1.

Having reference to the drawings, 1 rep resents the outer sole of my improved founthe top of the dry-mans shoe; 2 the heel; 3 the vamp and 4 the quarter, the latter being extended upwardly to provide an ankle encircling top The quarter 4 may, as shown, he made from two pleces or sections of leather 9 and i sewed together at the back, as at 5, and to a back stay 6. The section 4: of the quarter is made with a flap extension 4 at its front, to overlie the section 4, said flap entension being provided with fastener sockets 7 to receive fastener studs 8 secured to the section 4. These two-part fasteners ?8 are of that well known type comprising spring jaws 9 which yieldingly engage with an annular groove 10 of stud 8 when the two parts of the fastener are interlocked by shoving the socket member 7 on to the stud 8.

Thus the two members of the fastener may be separated very quickly merely by pulling upon the flap d so that in case of injury to the foot of the wearer the shoe may be speedily unfastened and removed.

The back stay 6 is greater in length than the height of the shoe and has its upper end portion doubled back upon, or toward, the body portion and fastened by stitches 11. at each side thereof, to the upper of the shoe, to' provide a linger loop 12 for use in pulling the the shoe on to the foot. The stitches l3 which fasten the body or lower portion .ten metal.

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the back stay to the upper, or quarter, terminate at the lower end of this loop 12.

Another feature of the invention resides in the construction of the joint between the quarter and the vamp. Heretofore, the practice has been to lap the edge of the vamp over on to the outside of the quarter and sew the two together, which was objectionable in the case of a foundry-mans shoe for the reason that it provided a shoulder or ledge at the junction of the quarter and vamp which would catch and hold mol- In my improved shoe the con- 7 struction is just the reverse, viz., the edge of the quarter is lapped over on to the outer side of the vamp and the parts secured in that relationship by stitches let. lVith this 7 construction any molten metal spilled or splashed on to the top portion of the upper will be shed freely from the top port-ion to the vamp and from the vamp to the ground.

Throughout its forepart the sole 1 has its edge beveled as illustrated at 14 so that the top corner of the sole is inside of a perpendicular line, as a7), Fig. 1, touching the bulge or outswing of the upper immediately above the inseam 15, while the bottom corner of said sole is outside of such line'to serve as a fender to protect the thin upperleather when the shoe is struck against other objects. Thus molten metal flowing off from'the vamp cannot lodge upon the top of the sole at the inseam 15.

The shoe constructed as above described is intended especially for use by foundry-men from three pieces in which case it would be constructed with the usual protected seam down the front.

What I claim is:

1. A boot or shoe of the character described comprising an outer sole; a quarter extended upwardly to provide an ankle encircling top, one side of said top being made with an integral flap to overlie the opposite side thereof; a two-part quick-detachable fastener whereof one part is secured to said flap and the other part to the opposed side of said top, and a vamp, the meeting edges of the vamp and quarter in eluding the lower edge of the integral flap portion of the latter being overlapped and stitched together with the quarter outside of the vamp.

2, A hoot or shoe of the character described comprising an outersole; a quarter extended upwardly to provide an ankle encircling top. one side of said top being made with an integral flap to overlie the opposite side thereof; a two-part quick-detachable fastener whereof one part is secured to said flap and the other part to the opposed side of said top, and a vamp, the meeting edges of the vamp and quarter including the lower edge of the integral flap portion of the latter being overlapped and stitched together with the quarter outside of the vamp, and said ou'tersole having the edge of its forepart beveled inwardly from bottom to top with the top corner of said sole inside of a perpendicular touching the bulge of the upper above the inseam and the bottom corner thereof outside of said perpendicular.

In testimony whereof I have allixed my signature.

ARTHUR A. WILLIAMS. 

